SGER: Conjugated Polymer Transistors Based on Highly Oriented Structures for Active-Matrix Light Emitting Polymer Displays

通过研究有序共轭聚合物系统和开发工程方法来提高迁移率和改善电流驱动能力，以推进共轭聚合物晶体管的最新技术水平。本项目将研究聚合物薄膜晶体管（TFT），其使用定向共轭聚合物来提高迁移率，并使用掺杂低分子量化合物的聚合物来增强电荷注入。德国开发的配方和材料将用于定向和掺杂聚芴，并将其应用于聚合物场效应晶体管（FET）。该项目团队将设计、制造和测试聚合物场效应晶体管，以推动有源矩阵聚合物平板显示器的发展。大面积显示器，可以使用廉价的卷到卷批量技术制造，超薄和灵活的可能很快成为现实。柔性显示器和低生产成本使发光聚合物（LEP）成为平板显示器技术制造的有竞争力的选择。聚合物电子学的发展将通过将它们与LEP集成到有源矩阵显示器的智能像素中来推动这场革命。这项建议解决了实现这一目标的一些主要障碍。

To advance the state-of-the-art in conjugated polymeric transistors by examining ordered conjugated polymer systems and developing ways to engineer it for enhanced mobilities and improved current drive capability. This project will investigate polymeric thin film transistors (TFT) using oriented conjugated polymers to elevate mobility and polymers doped with low molecular weight compounds to enhance charge injection. Recipes and materials developed in Germany will be used to orient and dope the polyflourenes and apply them to polymeric field effect transistors (FET). Processing schemes will be developed to fabricate prototypes which reduce the source/drain resistance to the channel while maintaining compatibility with polymer processing.This project team will design, fabricate and test polymeric field effect transistors to advance active matrix polymeric flat panel displays. Large area displays, which could be manufactured using cheap reel-to-reel batch technology, and which are ultra-thin and flexible could become a reality soon. Flexible displays and low production costs make light emitting polymers (LEP) a competitive option for the manufacture of flat panel display technology. Development of polymer electronics will fuel this revolution by their integration with LEPs into smart pixels for active matrix displays. This proposal addresses some of the key impediments to this realization.